Currently, the 10,000-mile Transco pipeline has a capacity of about 9.3 billion cubic feet per day.
The Mid-Atlantic Connector expansion estimated to cost $55m will include addition of three miles of new pipeline and the upgrade of compressor facilities in Virginia, US.
This will provide an additional 1.38 billion cubic feet of capacity for that region by November 2012.
The project was planned with the main aim of connecting the Transco pipeline with East Tennessee Natural Gas in Rockingham County for power generation and local distribution customers in Virginia and Maryland.
